Girdle



Dec. 14, 1965 B. K. SCHONBERG GIRDLE Filed March 20, 1964 FIG. 3

ATTORNEY 3,223,089 GIRDLE Bette Kaupp Schonberg, Scotch Plains, N.J.,assignor to Maidenform, Inc, New York, N.Y., a corporation of New YorkFiled Mar. 20, 1964, Ser. No. 353,342 1 Claim. (Cl. 128541) The objectof the invention is to provide a girdle which will provide improvedconformation-control, the girdle being more particularly constructed foruse by women. Its characteristic is the employment of a girdle frontarea comprising the usual vertical stretch front panel surroundedpartially, i.e. at the sides and base with a relatively narrow two-waystretch band assembly, each band meeting and being seamed to a V-shapedrelatively heavy insert of horizontal stretch only and which is verybroad at its base, so that it overlies the front area of the girdle to asubstantial degree, and which insert overlies the back area of thegirdle to a substantially greater degree. These inserts are V-shapedwith the V inverted, and each insert extends upwardly a distance atleast to, and preferably beyond, the longitudinal center line of thegirdle. The back of the girdle is an area of two-way stretch materialwhich follows the contour of the inserts which extend over the back areaof the girdle.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is an isometric view of the girdle looking toward its frontarea, as worn by a user.

FIGURE 2 is a view similar to FIGURE 1 looking at the rear area of thegirdle.

FIGURE 3 is a view similar to the preceding figures looking at the sideof the girdle.

In the figures, the arrows denote the directions of stretch.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the front panel 1 is ofvertical stretch material and rises to a waist band 2, being seamedthereto. At each side of the front panel is a band 3 of two-way stretchmaterial which is seamed to the front panel. At their lower areas, thebands 3 swing inwardly and meet below and at the center line of panel 1where they are mutually joined at 4. Also, they are seamed to alowermost narrow band of horizontal stretch material.

Joined by seaming to the two-way stretch front bands 3 at each sidethereof is a wide panel 6 of horizontal stretch material, which extendsto the front of the girdle a lesser distance than over the back area, aswill be noted by comparison of FIGURE 1 with FIGURE 2. These panels 6are V-shaped with the V inverted, and each in- Patented Dec. 14, 1965sert extends upwardly a distance at least to, and preferably beyond, thelongitudinal center line of the girdle. The major back area of thegirdle, shown at 7, is an area of two-way stretch material which followsthe contour of the inserts which extend substantially across the backarea of the girdle, and which is seamed thereto and to the panels 6. Forclarification of the drawings, the seaming has been drawn heavier thanwould be the case in commercial practice.

In the action of the girdle, the two-way stretch of the front bands 3and the girdle back area 7, coacts with the panels 6 to provide a smoothline over the hips and the buttocks whilst adequate provision is madefor vertical stretch of all of the girdle elements, except panels 6,between the base of the girdle and its waist band. Thus excellentcontrol is provided.

It will be understood that modifications may be made in the form andarrangement of the elements shown in the embodiment of the inventionillustrated in the drawings, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is as follows:

A girdle comprising a front construction having a vertical stretchpanel, having at each of its sides and joined thereto a relativelynarrow two-way stretch band, which bands are secured together below saidvertical stretch panel, the lower areas of said bands being curvedinwardly to said jointure thereof, a two-way stretch materialconstituting the major back area of the girdle and secured at theirupper side edge portions to said bands, and two V-shaped panels with theV inverted, each V- shaped panel being of relatively heavy horizontalstretch material, each V-shaped panel extending upwardly from the baseof the girdle a distance at least to the longitudinal center line of thegirdle and extending to the front of the girdle and to the back of thegirdle, the extension thereof at the front of the girdle being for alesser distance than to the back of the girdle, said horizontal stretchpanels being seamed to the two-way stretch major back area of the girdleand to said front two-way stretch relatively narrow bands.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,519,611 8/1950Thalman 128-540 3,015,334 1/1962 Kaupp 128-542 3,080,869 3/ 1963 Alberts128-542 3,099,266 7/ 1963 Spitzer 128541 ADELE M. EAGER, PrimaryExaminer.

